Annie Jacobsen is a New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Princeton graduate. Jacobsen’s works have received rave reviews by outlets like The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe and Vanity Fair. Her career spans numerous media formats, including writing and producing TV series like Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and serving as a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times Magazine. Her newest book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, has risen to critical acclaim and brought Jacobsen to the Shawn Ryan Show to discuss war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkoujZQZatbqy4KGcgjpVxQ/join Shawn Ryan Show Links SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/@ShawnRyanShow Sign up: https://shawnryanshow.com/pages/newsletter Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite Download Free Content: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lF-8_5jwRc5eAhzDkqqCOp-6yvd05vAw?usp=sharing Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shawn-ryan-show/id1492492083 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5eodRZd3qR9VT1ip1wI7xQ?si=59f9d106e56a4509 Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnryanshow Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnryanshow/ Follow on X: https://twitter.com/ShawnRyanShow SRS Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4pqo9Uoh0WuUKxw0BmaK1yrg9Kd7E4lk #vigilanceelite #shawnryanshow #war Annie Jacobsen Links: Website - https://anniejacobsen.com Book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748264/nuclear-war-by-annie-jacobsen LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-jacobsen-20147b7 X - https://x.com/AnnieJacobsen FB - https://www.facebook.com/AnnieJacobsenAuthor IG - https://www.instagram.com/anniejacobsenbooks Contact - https://anniejacobsen.com/contact Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://lairdsuperfood.com - USE CODE "SRS" https://helixsleep.com/srs https://shopify.com/shawn https://hillsdale.edu/srs https://meetfabric.com/shawn https://ShawnLikesGold.com | 855-936-GOLD @goldcopartner 00:00 - Introduction 01:56 - Patreon question 05:39 - Tribalism 09:27 - Operation Paperclip 14:36 - Getting access 19:11 - Nuclear war with Russia 29:29 - Nine Nuclear Nations 34:00 - Satellite detection 47:12 - How many Nukes do we have? 57:18 - How a ballistic missile works 1:10:09 - War games 1:16:49 - A.I. 1:37:40 - Contingency plans 1:52:00 - What a nuclear attack looks like 2:07:18 - “The dead hand” Nuclear System 2:11:50 - Marine One 2:31:25 - Has nuclear Armageddon happened before? 3:01:00 - Provoking Nuclear War 3:09:29 - Area 51 3:41:14 - Directed Energy Weapons